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American Health Habits Influence China

As a new study provides dramatic evidence of the effect of diet and exercise on cancer, China is in the process of adopting Americans' bad habits.China is receiving a wake-up call on the link between obesity and soaring cancer rates.

At just 32, Liu Li is battling breast cancer. She's trying to radically change her lifestyle by rejecting fatty snacks she used to love, CBS News correspondent Celia Hatton reports.

"When I told my friends I had cancer, they weren't surprised at all and said 'Oh, you've got it, too?' It's very common," she said through a translator.

Breast cancer cases have spiked: up 37 percent in China's richest cities in just 10 years.